Rihanna slams NBA player Matt Barnes over dating rumors

That's literally the best way to describe Rihanna's expertly blunt shutdown of 35-year-old NBA player Matt Barnes, after he hinted that things might be heating up between himself and the 27-year-old pop star to TMZ.

"Rihanna is my friend right now so we'll see where it goes," he said of his supposed relationship with the "Bitch Better Have My Money" singer, before being asked if they were romantically involved. "Possibly, possibly. I think it’s just past the crush stage. Just a little bit though."

Meanwhile, we're still over here wondering when Rihanna is going to drop her next album! The release date has not been announced, despite the singer telling ET last November that it would be arriving "very soon."

"That's my hope," she said. "I'm really excited about the music that we've been working on, so I can't wait for people to hear it."